Deep in the cold northern side of Canada lives a little furry creature known as the lemming. Hiding from the owl’s claws in the sky and the four legged beasts that sniff them out, they retreat to below the surface. Unlike the ostrich, they submerge themselves completely out of sight. They create their own world of tunnels. The elaborate homes they build protect and cage them.
If they hide and protect themselves well enough, their numbers grow. When it comes time to leave in search of precious food, many of them drown in the harsh cold waters. However, not all of them leap from the side of the cliff for which they are so famously known. There are some that manage to turn the right way and sprint to freedom and life.
Very rarely, if ever, does someone stop to see the great masterpiece that is life. The hardest questions are the most rewarding. Who and what are we? Can we emerge from our comfortable little burrows? Can we run with purpose, will and foresight to freedom and life? Or, will we cover our eyes and join the others in a leap of blind faith and join them at the inevitable cold water crashing upon the rocks below?
While there are those who run around on automatic, who will be among them?
Reference: http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/lemming.html
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